/*
 * Copyright 2010 Kevin Seim
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package org.beanio.stream;

import java.io.Reader;

/**
 * A <tt>RecordReaderFactory</tt> is used to create and configure a <tt>RecordReader</tt>.
 * @author Kevin Seim
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface RecordReaderFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a new <tt>RecordReader</tt> to read from an input stream.
	 * @param in the input stream to read from
	 * @return the new <tt>RecordReader</tt>
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the factory is improperly configured
	 *   and a <tt>RecordReader</tt> cannot be created
	 */
	public RecordReader createReader(Reader in) throws IllegalArgumentException;
	
}
